IRM A Class Now In Production! Here's why you should get your pre-orders in sooner than later...

[Georgeconna]

23 hours ago, Warbonnet said:

Hi everyone,

I forgot to mention that we have a small supply of standard lokpilot chips back in stock too! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive/products/a-class-dcc-standard-chip

Cheers!

Fran

Chip chip horray!

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Received another parcel, A3R now added to the collection!

 

 

[Bob229]

A fine collection of Irish loco's, various era of the A class, like the grey 71, and the 201 all livery a favourite of mine 

[Warbonnet]

It begins...

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/165243339390?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l1120&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=cb7721a0fb5f48ab9eb11e9438098d6e&bu=43059500506&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20211221012302&segname=11021&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cut%3Dut%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid

Why it's worth grabbing those As from our webshop while you can, folks! Some are getting very low in stock. And once they're gone they attract premiums like above...

[Joe Keegan]

42 minutes ago, Warbonnet said:

It begins...

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/165243339390?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l1120&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=cb7721a0fb5f48ab9eb11e9438098d6e&bu=43059500506&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20211221012302&segname=11021&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cut%3Dut%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid

Why it's worth grabbing those As from our webshop while you can, folks! Some are getting very low in stock. And once they're gone they attract premiums like above...

You are too late on this one 

This is from another Facebook forum 

Enjoy

[johnfromoz]

And to think these are amongst the first for private sale.......

[murphaph]

I think the more popular A's are probably already worth more than new, insofar as what something is worth is what someone is willing to pay for it. I think he'll have to wait a while for £375 though. That's three and a half times what he paid for it about the same number of weeks ago probably!

I wouldn't wait to get any A's left if you are even half thinking about getting one. You'll kick yourself later. If you don't need it, you'll get your money back selling on I'm sure.

[jhb171achill]

1 hour ago, Joe Keegan said:

You are too late on this one 

This is from another Facebook forum 

Enjoy

Cheek of him….. “no comments on pricing”!

375 in brexitpounds is €440 - more than doubling his money BEFORE charges are added. Blatant gouging - I sincerely hope nobody buys it.

[amdaley]

26 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Cheek of him….. “no comments on pricing”!

375 in brexitpounds is €440 - more than doubling his money BEFORE charges are added. Blatant gouging - I sincerely hope nobody buys it.

Price gouging at its finest 

[GSR 800]

Think I'll price A15 for a few grand and say questions on pricing is disrespectful and slander to my name..

Even the bloody black n tan 141s would blush at over 440 for jaysus sake

Edited December 21, 2021 by GSR 800

[Westcorkrailway]

2 hours ago, Joe Keegan said:

You are too late on this one 

This is from another Facebook forum 

Enjoy

I might offer a trade for a few screws , 70 cent and a packet of tayto’s

 

Jesus Facebook can be a disease sometimes 

 

what’s with is “Ex-Murphy Models”? Is that made up for more waffle 

[jhb171achill]

I think I’ll advertise €5 notes for £234 each. Please don’t ask questions about price.

Seriously, this guy is downright offensive with this blatant attempted robbery.

Edited December 21, 2021 by jhb171achill

[skinner75]

Maybe spam comment the post, so he turns off comments? It'll only make it harder for him to sell...

[flange lubricator]

2 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

I think I’ll advertise €5 notes for £234 each. Please don’t ask questions about price.

Seriously, this guy is downright offensive with this blatant attempted robbery.

I dont agree its a free market if someone wants to sell a loco a whatever price they want good luck to them and if somebody wants to pay it good luck to them too .

I recently sold some locos to a new member here at a reasonable price and was glad to help somebody out coming into the hobby but that was my choice .

Thats the beauty of the free market .

As the this thread title suggests buy the A class now at a good price .

[jhb171achill]

7 minutes ago, skinner75 said:

Maybe spam comment the post, so he turns off comments? It'll only make it harder for him to sell...

Good thinking 

1 minute ago, flange lubricator said:

I dont agree its a free market if someone wants to sell a loco a whatever price they want good luck to them and if somebody wants to pay it good luck to them too .

I recently sold some locos to a new member here at a reasonable price and was glad to help somebody out coming into the hobby but that was my choice .

Thats the beauty of the free market .

As the this thread title suggests buy the A class now at a good price .

We’ll agree to differ, flange - I’m just glad I got mine from IRM at the time…..

[DJ Dangerous]

That's the beauty of the debate on the free market vs. price gouging...

It's easy to see both sides of the debate.

A3R was a very limited run, for a good cause.

Many folk lost out as they sold out so fast. If you'd lost out to another enthusiast, you woudn't mind so much, as it's still gone to a good home, and the money went to a good cause, but if you lost out because somebody bought it solely to sell for double the price a month later, you'd feel hard done by.

At the same time, I bought a few A3R's, three of which will be gifts next year.

Looking at those prices, I feel sick NOT auctioning them off to fund the charity. I could pay for a lot of operations with an extra €400, or probably two or three weeks worth of food and medicines.

Two sides of the same coin. Somebody will always feel aggrieved at losing out, somebody will always be looking to make a profit no matter the cost.

[Warbonnet]

018 has just sold out with us. So, expect to see one on EBay next month at 1.2 billion euro.

Still 7 different beauties left folks, some of which are almost as limited in production run size as A3r was! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive/availability_in-stock?

[flange lubricator]

4 minutes ago, Warbonnet said:

018 has just sold out with us. So, expect to see one on EBay next month at 1.2 billion euro.

Still 7 different beauties left folks, some of which are almost as limited in production run size as A3r was! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive/availability_in-stock?

I'm waiting to see the National Treasury Management Agency buying A classes at this rate !

[Galteemore]

There’s 2 crates full of As  in Fort Knox already….

Edited December 21, 2021 by Galteemore

[DJ Dangerous]

9 minutes ago, flange lubricator said:

I'm waiting to see the National Treasury Management Agency buying A classes at this rate !

Where do you think all of the NIR 111 Class went???

[jhb171achill]

38 minutes ago, Warbonnet said:

018 has just sold out with us. So, expect to see one on EBay next month at 1.2 billion euro.

Still 7 different beauties left folks, some of which are almost as limited in production run size as A3r was! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive/availability_in-stock?

I can offer you one at half a billion, Warbonnet - but I don't want to discuss the price......

 

24 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Where do you think all of the NIR 111 Class went???

Dang. So Leo Martin has them........

[DJ Dangerous]

5 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Dang. So Leo Martin has them........

 

Yeah, he's livin' la vida loca with them all.

[skinner75]

The dream would be to put something up on Ebay that both Musk and Bezos wanted, and for them to enter into a savage bidding war!

[jhb171achill]

21 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

Yeah, he's livin' la vida loca with them all.

You mean la vida loco?

 

[flange lubricator]

1 hour ago, skinner75 said:

The dream would be to put something up on Ebay that both Musk and Bezos wanted, and for them to enter into a savage bidding war!

You never know they both possibly have a secret stash of Murphy Models locos that they can sell off if their business empires fall on hard times .

Edited December 21, 2021 by flange lubricator

[jhb171achill]

1 hour ago, flange lubricator said:

You never know they both possibly have a secret stash of Murphy Models locos that they can sell off if their business empires fall on hard times .

Wouldn't surprise me!

 

[NIRCLASS80]

Back to the A Class. Great looking models with great lighting functions 

[jhb171achill]

1 hour ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

Back to the A Class. Great looking models with great lighting functions 

And superb photos of them, too!

[amdaley]

Purchased an A Class yesterday at lunch time.

Delivered to the South West this morning at 11am 

[Warbonnet]

25 minutes ago, amdaley said:

Purchased an A Class yesterday at lunch time.

Delivered to the South West this morning at 11am 

Thanks Tony! Not even Santy delivers that quickly! 

Cheers!

Fran 

[spudfan]

I found that the tension lock couplings on the "A" class are slightly lower than on the ballast wagons and it is also a different size. If I shunt the Ballast wagons with an "A" class the loco coupling goes below the leading ballast wagon and derails it. Funnily enough the MM 121 class coupling is bang in line with the ballast wagon coupling and it will shunt the wagons without derailments. I would have thought that any manufacturer would standardise on couplings for all rolling stock. I did contact IRM regarding this but they said no one else has reported this issue. 

[Noel]

1 hour ago, spudfan said:

I found that the tension lock couplings on the "A" class are slightly lower than on the ballast wagons and it is also a different size. If I shunt the Ballast wagons with an "A" class the loco coupling goes below the leading ballast wagon and derails it. Funnily enough the MM 121 class coupling is bang in line with the ballast wagon coupling and it will shunt the wagons without derailments. I would have thought that any manufacturer would standardise on couplings for all rolling stock. I did contact IRM regarding this but they said no one else has reported this issue. 

Personally I find tension lock coupling especially the more modern small ones very poor for shunting and running performance, especially in reverse. Kadee couplings are much more reliable for operations including reliable reversing, automatic uncoupling and delayed uncoupling. They also look less obtrusive and the great beauty is one can vertically pick up any item of rolling stock from a formation and remove it without the usually tangles mess associated with TLCs.

PS: Kadee's also generally facilitate closer coupling with less gaps between rolling stock.

[jhb171achill]

6 minutes ago, Noel said:

Personally I find tension lock coupling especially the more modern small ones very poor for shunting and running performance, especially in reverse. Kadee couplings are much more reliable for operations including reliable reversing, automatic uncoupling and delayed uncoupling. They also look less obtrusive and the great beauty is one can vertically pick up any item of rolling stock from a formation and remove it without the usually tangles mess associated with TLCs.

PS: Kadee's also generally facilitate closer coupling with less gaps between rolling stock.

I have thought of getting everything I own converted to kadees. Many don't have the "pockets", though. That's some 20 locos and maybe 50 items of rolling stock (so far). Some RTR, some kits made up. Some old, some modern.

What would be your advice on a project like that? I know the end result, if well done, would be a good one - but is it too much hassle?

 

[Mayner]

3 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

I have thought of getting everything I own converted to kadees. Many don't have the "pockets", though. That's some 20 locos and maybe 50 items of rolling stock (so far). Some RTR, some kits made up. Some old, some modern.

What would be your advice on a project like that? I know the end result, if well done, would be a good one - but is it too much hassle?

 

The simplest option is direct fix a Kadee No 5 or No36 Long shank coupler to the model, no messing about with NEM pockets.

https://www.kadee.com/ho-scale-couplers-c-274_276_284/36-ho-scale-30series-plastic-couplers-with-gearboxes-long-2564-centerset-shank-p-270.htm

We used the No36 coupler as standard for scratch, kit and rtr rolling stock on the Loughrea layout.

Kadee No36 coupler direct fixed to a Dapol/Airfix  tank wagon assembled about 30 years ago!, the wagon once part of a rake of 10 has been through the wars loosing a buffer at one end and a coupler at the other end

[DiveController]

8 hours ago, spudfan said:

I found that the tension lock couplings on the "A" class are slightly lower than on the ballast wagons and it is also a different size. If I shunt the Ballast wagons with an "A" class the loco coupling goes below the leading ballast wagon and derails it. Funnily enough the MM 121 class coupling is bang in line with the ballast wagon coupling and it will shunt the wagons without derailments. I would have thought that any manufacturer would standardise on couplings for all rolling stock. I did contact IRM regarding this but they said no one else has reported this issue. 

I’ve also had this issue propelling the Bachmann RPSI green coaches run with A42 just because they were to hand and green and with the 42’ keg liner if I recall correctly when the A class is coupling to and propelling the rake. Same issue loco running under the wagon coupler and lifting the wagon which may run straight but propelling into a siding is a no-no. Once hooked the wagon cannot regain the rail even if the loco then hauls the rake as the vertical bar on the loco TLC is now within the circumference of the wagons TLC.